Widow Gerthie Carolina was attacked in her home near the small town of Sasakwa, Oklahoma, early on Aug. 11, 1997, just four months after filling out her will and trust. She took a blow to the abdomen and was stabbed repeatedly, according to an autopsy. She died on her kitchen floor.

Two relatives of a murdered 81-year-old widow have been arrested and charged nearly 30 years later, accused of killing her over a $40,000 inheritance. Gerthie Carolina was savagely beaten, stabbed and left to die on the kitchen floor of her home in the tiny rural Oklahoma town of Sasakwa in August 1997,

Nearly 30 years after an 81-year-old woman was found murdered in her Oklahoma home, authorities have arrested two of her relatives.

Two relatives of an 81-year-old widow, murdered nearly 30 years ago, have been arrested and charged in connection with her death, allegedly motivated by a $40,000 inheritance. Gerthie Carolina was brutally beaten,